“Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.” -Peter Drucker Emotions are a finicky thing. Sometimes they help us and sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they aid us in making healthy decisions and sometimes they don’t. So, what do we do if we have a knack for letting our emotions interfere with decision making?...Read More

“Sometimes we think we’re gathering information when we’re actually fishing for support.” – Chip Heath and Dan Heath We like to think that, when it comes to making decisions, we’re fairly unbiased—that we’re objective when it comes to gathering information. The unfortunate thing though, is that no matter how hard we try, whether we are...Read More

Do you struggle with making decisions? Or once you’ve made a decision, do you doubt if you made the right call? If so, you’re not alone. It’s natural to have hesitancy with big decisions, or even smaller ones at times. Just because it’s natural though, doesn’t mean we can’t improve our ability to make decisions...Read More

“This event was fun! Great way to learn what you can really do. Everybody there kicked serious butt!” -Jim “Ol’ Handsome” Khoury   Just this past Saturday, BSP NOVA had an event called PR For America. The energy in the room was palpable and nearly every member in attendance hit a PR (personal record) and...Read More

“A big reason that people have a hard time setting goals, and projecting themselves into the future, is because they don’t have a good handle on where they’re actually at.” – Todd Bumgardner Where are you at? I don’t mean that literally, since I’m not trying to find you, but rather regarding your life. Are...Read More

We give the word “selfish” a bad rap. When we’re accused of being selfish, for example, we usually take it as an insult or feel hurt by it. And if we don’t feel hurt, we at least don’t immediately view it in the best light. I don’t know about you, but when I get called...Read More

Let’s be honest—knowing what weights to use in the gym can be really confusing.  Should we test our strength and then build everything off of those numbers?  Well, what about the exercises we didn’t test, because we couldn’t possibly test them all, right?  Or what if we felt great the day we tested, but crappy...Read More

A question I’m sometimes asked, especially by newer members to the gym, is why we don’t train to failure while lifting. Based on prior experiences, or maybe things they read in a magazine, many people believe that training to failure is the best way to make a muscle grow, or to become stronger. But, is...Read More

Is jogging on a treadmill for 5-10 minutes enough for a warm-up? I mean, you’re physically getting warm and stuff, but is that good enough? Unfortunately, it’s not. Although literally making our bodies warm is part of a quality warm-up, it’s only one part. A good warm-up prepares us to handle the workout we’re about...Read More

Would you like to know about a secret “hack” in the fitness world that easily and instantly sheds pounds of body fat, or adds lean muscle mass? So would I! But, since we’re in the real world and that doesn’t exist, how would you like to learn about a method of training that helps you...Read More